I'm totally biased but I think you'll be delighted. Will you be ordering by following the link from our affiliate stores page. It's the same price to you but CameraLabs gets a small commission which helps keep the lights on!

On a wider note, I'll change the title of this thread to reflect that this is no longer a rumour.

Shure ill do!, cuz after all, i get the rumour (when it was a rumour) and the B&H link here!

Im amazed that they send packages worldwide , A+ for B&H

Ill still have to pay about 15% of border tax, but lets be fair:

$1,129 + $70 of transport and about 15% of taxes = 1,378
A great improvement over the 1,700 i was looking to spend if i buy it online in Mexico, and a super amazing improvement over the 2,500 that it costs in a department store in my town

And as the guarantee of canon US is not valid worldwide i may buy the SagemaX guarantee, but ill think of that later.

But the 40D is great. I already love it. The 17-85mm is ok, but not great. Much too slow. But I decided agianst the 17-55mm 2.8, because I plan on using the 10-22mm and the 50mm 1.4 a lot more for the real "planned" shots. For general "walkaround" pictures I think the 17-85mm is fine.